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The geiiius of a people is expressed
in various ways In the economy of
nature God has set certain work for
certain people and when this work is
accomplished then these nations quiet
ly pass from the stage of history The
fact that the Jew has survived many
nations and has been at the death
scene of so many peoples proves that
he still has some work to do and that
he is here to fulfill a certain mission
It is not as some would have us be
lieve a blind survival due to the law
of inertia Were this the fact then
the Jew might have lived for a century
after the fall of JerusalemJnit surely
not longer It is rather a demonstra
tion of the law of the survival of the
fittest that inexorable law of nature
that wipes out whatever is no longer
necessary
And no time of the year demon
strates this fact better than the festal
season that is now upon us It differs
from the holiday season of all other
nations it varies from that of every
other faith Consider a moment the
two great days that are upon us In
the first place we must remember that
they represent no historical fact They
commemorate no great event in the
life of the nation nor In the life of
any individual who made that nation
great Great days in life of modern
nations as well as the life of the an
cient nations always stood as the
Ojlrth or death of some heroic figure
or else some crisis in the event of the
people These days are not historical
they are religious and thus represent
the religious genius of the Jewish peo
ple
Secondly wo must consider their
mode of celebration Hero again is
lovoaled the peculiar genius of the
Jew These are not days of feasting
and riotous living they are not days
when men forget all the morality they
have learned and give vent to the
animal within them These are daya
of prayer And prayer not for self but
for all iBrael and for all mankind
These are days of introspection when
wo declare not how great wo are but
rather how small wo are aud how
prone we are to sin Wo gather not
to magnify our deeds or the deeds of
our heroes but to confess to God that
we are His children and we recognize
our dependence on Him We are not
selfish on this day We do not declare
I have sinned I have transgressed
I have done perversely but we do
say We have sinned We have
transgressed We have done per
versely thus emphasizing the fact
that we are responsible for each other
and that all Israel are surety one for
the other
And lastly these days represent the
peculiar conception of God that the
Jew holds His God is not one who
commits a certain number of his chil
In the hills of Galilea grows a new
generation possibly the progenitors
of a new nation Once upon a time
they were artisans students shopkeep
ers or teachers meek and pale Ghetto
dwellers They have now however
found the way back to the soil Now
their health improves continually the
eye is steady and clear the walk is a
long brisk stride surefooted as the
leopard you should see them walk
you should see them work working
behind a heavy plow in the face of a
scorching sun with perspiration run
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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
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I came here to welcome you to Washington
I have known the Bnai Brith for many years for its good
work for the social opportunities that it gives and as a model
Jewish society And when I say a model Jewish society I
mean a society that may be a model for all societies
I have the profoundest admiration for the Jewish people
They make excellent citizens and I am glad to have them come
to this country
I have known those who have been in the country as long as
I have and therefore just as much American as I am
I also have had the privilege of knowing those who have come
but recently and I have always found in them the profoundest
appreciation of our institutions of liberty the profoundest ap
preciation of our educational facilities
If in what I have said I have conveyed to you my high ap
preciation of the people you represent the oldest people in tho
world the people that is entitled really to be the arisocrats of
tho world and yet who maJce the best republicans I have suc
ceeded in what I hoped to do
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dren to eternal punishment but his is
a God who does not even allow His
children to continue on their downward
path until death calls them away His
is a God who calls His children to
account every year for tho work of
that year and asks tliem to search their
hearts that they might learn to do bet
tor In the future Not one judgment
without warning but judgment every
> ear with proper warning and ample
opportunity for tho sinner to repent of
his ways and return to the path of
rectitude
These In outline are tho peculiar
lessons of this holy day season and
these are tho reasons for the continu
ance of the Jew Tho world has not
yot learned these lessons and so long
as they arc not part and parcel of
civilization so long mut wo continue
to meet every year to rcomphasizo
them and live them
MET ACCIDENT AT CALVERT
Mrs Emma CBcar mot with quite a
painful accident recently In going
down the steps at tho Grand Central
hotel in some way bIio fell and broke
one of her lowor limbs above the
kneo
ning freely down their bronzed faces
you should see their guards galloping
bareback horses of an evening with
trusty rifle in hand and cartridge belt
about waist or see their powerful
fully developed bodies when swimming
their Arabian stallions in Lake Kine
leth powerful graceful bodies as if
of bronbze muscles as if of steel
see them and your Jewish heart will
throb with joy
If only a few years of farm work
are sufficient to erase the stamp of
two thousand years of shame and ser
vitude what may we not expect from
this race What will the generation
be that is blossoming now into man
hood in this Jewish colony
They are the children of sunshino
and freedom of graceful and proud
bodies of well shaped limbs their
sparkling eyes and rosy faces promise
well to belong to the most perfect
physical specimens among Jews nny
where
Born and raised on their own soil
rooted to their own homes they know
no fear and seek no favors
These young pioneers learn to ride
before they are able to walk and at
an early age are familiar with both
the horse and rifle You can see these
tiny tots with their chubby limbs
around their horses necks galloping
through the village streets In fact
there are boys in the colonies today
who compete successfully with tho
Bedouin as horsemen and marksmen
It matters little if occasionally one
becomes a victim of the Arabs ven
geance for such is the life of border
dwellers and besides it teaches tho
others the need of knowing how to
protect and defend themselves and
they are apt pupils
The homos are simple but of at
tractive cleanliness and there is no
homo which does not contain upon its
walls in a conspicuous place the same
picture that of tho uncrowned Jew
ish king Theodore Herzl
Prom his princely countenance flows
an endless stream of Inspiration which
accounts for tho achievements of re
cent progress in Palestine
It is a grand and everlasting testi
monial to the noble life and work oC
Theodore Herzl